Pauline Sels
Pauline Sels, née Hoffstadt (born January 29, 1828 in Erkelenz , † April 27, 1908 in Neuss ) established the Clemens Sels Museum with a foundation in Neuss .
Life
Pauline Sels was the daughter of Carl Hoffstadt and Maria Anna Constantia Dreling. Her father was mayor of Erkelenz from 1827 to 1851 as well as Royal Prussian tax collector and post office keeper . Her mother came from the two local patrician families Dreling and Hasenbach, who also had mayors, including the last Drossard von Erkelenz. After the death of her mother, Pauline Hoffstadt came to live with relatives in Neuss at the age of sixteen.
In 1850 she married Clemens Sels , a pharmacist and later owner of a stearin candle factory in this town . Clemens Sels collected works of art and antiquities at an early age and thus established a large private collection .
He sponsored the establishment of a museum in Neuss. He died on December 25, 1893. The museum, housed in the Obertor , burned down in June 1900.
In her will, his wife bequeathed the city of Neuss " an indivisible legacy of 250,000 marks for the construction of a city museum ". The newly built museum was inaugurated in August 1912.
The late Pauline Sels also donated her husband's large collection to the museum . In 1950 the museum was named Clemens Sels Museum .
Web links
- Website of the Clemens Sels Museum
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Sels, Pauline |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hoffstadt, Pauline (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German founder, founded the Clemens Sels Museum with a foundation in Neuss |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Erkelenz |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 1908 |
| Place of death | Neuss |